Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-28
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ATLANTA REEOUHCES PROHIBITION
Alter Years Of Trial She Throws 1t from
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ATLANTA, Ca, November % After
the most heated contest on record In the
State Of Georgia, Atlanta to-day voted
against prohibition. The fight has been
9 peculiarly bitter one. For over o month
the citizens have been engaged in the con-
test. Meetings have been held almost ev-
cry night, and local speakers and for
eign statesmen have stumped the coun-
try from almost every curbstone IN
the city and every cross road in
the country. Early in the campaign
the Prohibitionists leased the largest ware
house in the city and fitted it up with
seating capacity for 5000 people. Almost
nightly that building has been filled, and
such scenes of wild enthusiasm are rarely
witnessed. Almost every minister In the
city preached prohibition from his pulpit
Sunday after Sunday. Both sides had
full campaign funds, and managed their
respective causes for all they were worth.
TIE negro vote was the bone Of conten-
ton and was
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
Each had made the most strenuous endeav-
ors to secure it in every way possible. The
negroes were considerably divided on the
subject though a majority of them voted
with the i-prohibitionists. One of the
features of the contest has been the active
part taken by many women of the city.
Several of the churches organized commit
tees from among their female members who
took an active part in the campaign. They
organized the women of the colored
churches into societies and met with them
and prayed with them day after day. The
result of their work was shown to-day by
the appearance to day Of large numbers of
women at the polls. They served hot cof-
fee and sandwiches at every polling place
and
CONDUCTED PRAYER MEETINGS
and singing crusades in the open air. Folton
county, in which Atlanta is located, voted
two years ago on the same question and
went for prohibition by majority of 22S
out of about 5000 votes. The registration
this time exceeded that Of last year by
:, 900 votes.
The principal fight made on prohibition
during the campaign was that it did not
prohibit and that intoxicating drinks could
be openly purchased in number OF places
throughout the city which paid taxes to
the United States government for the sale
of whisky. Thousands of gallons have
been sent in each month from cities around
Atlanta, from which it was almost as easy
to get jug as at bars in the city. The
ants claim that prohibition Injured the
city, which was receiving $50, 600 q year
in whisky licenses without decreasing in
THE SLIGHTEST TIE AMOUNT
of whiskey sold in the city. The Pho
hibitionists OF the other hand claimed that
Atlanta has never had prohibition, that
while it was voted two years ago, the
licenses then existing did not expire some
of them until year ago, and that since
that time the domestic wine clause in the
local option bill allowed many places in
the city by which the law could be easily
evaded. This was, however, remedied by
the last Legislature, which put license of
$4,000 on sll wine rooms which license
will 90 into effect after January lst.
The city has gone wet" by probably
1000 majority. Great enthusiasm pre-
walls in the streets.